Some decent impersonations, but tries too hard to make everything feel meaningful.
A superior sports biopic with a never-better LaBeouf? You cannot be serious! But it only fully gets to grips with the ice-cool Swede.
A sports film with an arthouse sensibility. It benefits greatly from its chosen subject matter — two of the most remarkable characters in sporting history — but only manages to truly get under the skin of one of them.
Spot-on performances from Shia LaBeouf and Sverrir Gudnason power this story of a classic sporting rivalry.
If there’s a major fault it’s the way the film suggests McEnroe had to change his attitude a bit before he became truly great. But, of course, tennis didn’t change him. He changed tennis.
Borg McEnroe is informative and well-acted but also very predictable. It lacks the intensity that its two protagonists, in their very different ways, brought to the court.
A handsome, well-made trip down memory lane that works best if you’ve forgotten the final score.
Sverrir Gudnason is superb as the ice-cool Swede struggling to contain a cauldron of emotion – and Shia LaBeouf’s not bad either as his voluble opponent.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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